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High RLSA-2026:75769 1 CVE

Important: vim security update

Published Oct 6, 2026 · Updated Oct 6, 2026

Ecosystem: Rocky Linux

Summary

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

* vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion (CVE-2026-73073)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 10 vim 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.22

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.1
    CVE-2026-73073

    Vim: Arbitrary Ex Command Execution in C Omni-Completion

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0845, StructMembers() in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim constructs and executes a vimgrep command using an insufficiently escaped typeref: or typename: value from a tags file, allowing an untermina…

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2517950
  • advisory
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:75769